Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments ixIntroduction: Standing Outside the Films - Emblems PART I: Reading the Text of Death -- Lang's Silent Allegories: Der mude Tod (1921), Die Nibelungen (1924), Metropolis The Marchen: Der mude Tod -- Death and the Maiden The Decay of Myth: Siegfried's Death, 34 Kriemhild's Revenge Metropolis: The Dance of Death PART II: The Mastery of Crime -- Lang's Urban Thrillers: Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922), Spies (1928), The Testament of Dr. Mabuse Mabuse, Grand Enunciator: Control and Co-ordination Haghi The Testament of Dr. Mabuse PART III: Hinge -- M M: The City Haunted by Demonic Desire PART IV: Fritz Lang's America - The Social Trilogy: Fury (1936), You Only Live Once (1937), You and Me You Ought to Be in Pictures: Liliom and Fury You Only Live Once You and Me PART V: Framing Desire: The Woman in the Window (1944), Scarlet Street (1945), The Secret Beyond the Door (1948), House by the River The Woman in the Window: Cycles of Desire Scarlet Street: Life Is a Nightmare Secret Beyond the Door: Broken Frames and Piercing Gazes Coda: House by the River PART VI: The 50s Exposes and Lang's Last Testament: The Blue Gardenia (1953), The Big Heat (1953), While the City Sleeps (1955), Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956), The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse The Blue Gardenia The Big Heat While the City Sleeps/Beyond a Reasonable Doubt The Circle Closes on the Last Mabuse Notes 481 Bibliography 507 Index 519